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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I don't think anyone's under the illusion that you can trace anyone's electricity to a particular source. At any one time, a house on a green energy tariff could be supplied by electricity generated by gas and one on a non-green tariff could be supplied by renewables.
But that doesn't mean that the fuel breakdowns are bull.
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Oh, I think a very great number of people do think exactly this. Do not underestimate how cheerfully stupid a lot of people are. And I don’t mean that perjoratively - it is simply the case that an excessively large number of people will look at an official chart and take it without any critical engagement at all. If you’re in any doubt, spend just 10 minutes sifting through the content’s of your home town’s Facebook groups.
We just don’t teach critical thinking in our schools. Historically, we taught facts. These days, we teach research and integration. What we don’t do is teach to question and critically evaluate. You have to do an arts degree at university to get anywhere near that. So unless you’re naturally interested in that sort of thing (and the membership of a forum like this is naturally self-selecting in that regard) you have never been exposed to the mental toolkit you need to instinctively challenge the contents of an official graph someone has printed and posted through your door.